The de Ferrers Academy

Great school with a great infustructure, both teachers and students are great, overall excellent school

Good school, great environment and good teachers

In my opinion, de ferrers sixth form is a good school. Throughout my experience at the school I have met many great people and been taught by great teachers. The school isn’t perfect but I feel that on the whole, my deferrers life was good and I felt supported by staff.

teachers around the academy allow lessons to be enjoyable, as many departments especially sixth form make the lesson interactive. this helps aid the learning of us students in order to succeed. most of the staff are very supportive and helpful and i would recommend attending

The school including the sixth form have fabulous teaching staff. There are lots of opportunities for the children and young people to develop and thrive, there are many extra curricular activities to get involved with and the atmosphere is generally positive.

There are however pastoral staff who appear inflexible and unwilling to recognise what is in front of them and seem more focused on length of students skirts rather than 100% effort, attendance, attainment and achievements.

Overall a positive setting that I would recommend, if you’re willing to fit in their box!

the sixth form is amazing - incredibly fun and high quality teaching staff. a lot of support is given in every subject, and there are high expectation for every student. good food as well + free bagels every morning

One of the best additions at The deFerrers
Academy is the fantastic range of extracurricular activities which are offered.
From football teams to CCF, there are over 20 extracurricular opportunities for students to participate in. The deferrers PE department is a credit to the school, with every teacher having a passion for sports, and a wide range of experience participating in different activities. The PE departments motto is 'sport for all'. They aim to promote sport to students, allowing them to have fun with their friends, learn new skills and rules, whilst also remaining fit and health. The deFerrers PE department are excellent at recognising that not all students enjoy PE, and rather than disregarding this, they try to suit every students needs and help them to enjoy some aspect of PE. They often do this by casting a vote with students regarding which activity they would find the most enjoyable to do in a PE lesson. Students also require no previous knowledge or experience to participate in sport at the academy. This means that all students are able to get involved freely without the fear of 'not being good enough' for a specific standard. The school enters lots of local and national competitions every year which encourages pupils competitive spirits but also allows students to build discipline. The variety of competitions which the academy takes part in also allows students to gain experience competing against others, as this is an experience which some students do not have outside of school.

Good school. Good ground. Good teachers mostly.

The Deferrers sixth form academy. Firstly, the building. The building is brand new with the first time being used for a school year in September 2018, now in my experience in 2022-2024 i find the facilities to still maintain its excellent status which it promised to be back in 2018. Overall the school is clean and comfortable with plenty of space to house all the students and more. However, know where is perfect and the location of the school could be more desirable. It is located in not one of the nicest areas of Burton Upon Trent town where there is some activity that for a school area is entirely unacceptable. However I believe this can be overlooked as when you are in the building the environment completely changes and it is quite a safe, secure and mature environment.

Teaching. As an internal student, since year 7 I have always found the teaching to be an area deferrers excel in, and if utilised properly (more down to the student) the iPads, which are reasonably priced, can be a great help. Through my experience here there have been times where I have questioned the teaching sometimes being the person where I just don’t like them or the teaching has just been quite poor. But I feel like at every school you will have an experience like this as you will not like everyone and some methods of teaching. But overall I have found myself being happy with the teaching and most of the teachers I have encountered.

General student life. At deferrers sixth form you can leave the campus at lunch times and free periods given you have consent from parents which is great. The catering at deferrers I have always found quite poor with portion sizes being a dismal and getting drinks maybe like a coffee or a hot chocolate being more expensive than costa which is a joke to be honest.

Overall, I would give Deferrers a 3.5 stars, slightly above average but that is not an option so I have given it 4stars, as overall it is a lot more good than bad. And there are always areas to improve. If you did come to this school, if you didn’t do anything stupid you would have a very comfortable and enjoyable time here and I would definitely recommend it compared to over schools in the area which are quite poor.

If you are thinking of coming here then do. It is a great place to learn and there are majority great teachers. Psychology teachers are all superb however the business department i can not say the same for. The teachers in this department decide not to turn up to lessons and if they do majority of the time it is simply useless. Multiple times the teacher has had to be corrected and the slides that we go through are copied right out of a text book. There’s no need for the teacher to be there really as everything i am taught is in the text book provided for the school. Some of the teachers in this department do not know how to teach. However teachers such as miss Jenkins and mrs Beardsley are class. They actually make sense in the teaching and have a slide show but go off of the slide show to further develop our knowledge. Also, miss Newey is class. She teaches one of the hardest subjects around (economics) and actually makes it make sense.

If you’re thinking of coming here to study business, don’t. Teachers rarely bother to show up and when they do they’re clueless. The psychology teachers are excellent however; Miss Jenkins and miss Beardsley are legendary. Mr Burns the English teacher has truly reached the pinnacle of teaching, he’s the best teacher in the school and nobody comes particularly close apart from Mr Keene. If you get Mr Burns just thank your lucky stars, you are in for an exquisite school journey. The business department should be abolished and their wages should go into Mr Burns pockets. Mr Jones is also iconic, one of the kindest people and best teachers you’re going to find.

There are lots of good opportunities, as we have lots of resources that allow us to learn. For example, we have many laboratory resources that allow us to partake in science experiments to enhance our understanding.

I think that the teachers in this school are the best I have ever met

professional working environment n that ygm, teachers are kind, miss o keefe and the sociology teachers are great, sound school n that. need to let us wear jumpers n that tho, idk why energy drink are banned we are old enough to drink them, the hash browns are so good though, :)

I love this school. The teaching staff are always coming up with new teaching techniques to make things interesting for the students. This has also proven to produce good grades at the end of the courses. It’s not perfect, but then again what school is. My personal experience has been perfect to set me up for my future life.

I have been at this school since the start and have thoroughly enjoyed every second. The atmosphere around the academy is great. I love breaks and lunches and spending time with my friends 😁

Amazing school love coming here. Xoxo

This school has been very helpful for me over the past 5 years I have attended. The majority of staff are very nice and welcoming and are there to offer support. The head of year team are extremely supportive and have took time out of their days to talk to me and offer external support. This school also offers so many opportunities for people. I would definitely recommend this school for students.

MISSION POSITIVE

absolute amazing opportunities granted, the technology is fantastic and the staff go above and beyond for students

teachers have very creative and useful teaching techniques to help you learn and push you to reach you’re full potential. de ferrers isn’t perfect but no school is. personally, my experience at de ferrers has been perfect.